The valley is often a symbol of tough times. In the verse above, we see Isaiah talking about the burden of the valley. Certainly, the valley can be tough to walk through, especially the valley that he was prophesying about to Israel. Jerusalem is a city that is in a

Prayer is one of the most important things a believer must learn how to do. Jesus knew that prayer was vital to the Christian life, and that is why He took much time not only to teach His disciples how to pray, but He also

The verse above reminds me of two stories in the Scriptures. The first is in Isaiah 5. God said that He planted a vineyard in a very fruitful hill, fenced in this vineyard, planted it with the

We are in a battle against Satan, a battle that can be won if we follow the methods that God gives to fight him. We must understand that Satan is not omnipotent, which means that we, as believers, can win this

Job made an astute observation about his life, and that was that his decision-maker was broken. While his decision-maker was broken, Job never did anything that he would regret later in life. Though Job’s decision-maker was

Twice in the book of Esther, you see the phrase, after these things. In other words, something happened before these things that set up for another event after these things. The big mistake many make is never to look after

Your spirit is critical to living a victorious Christian life. If I am going to live the victorious Christian life, I must protect my spirit at all costs. Proverbs 18:14 teaches, The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Every day

Ezra was about to embark on a great task of rebuilding the temple. This task needed several things to be accomplished. It needed Ezra’s vision, the help of the people to build, supplies to build the temple, and God’s help to

Hezekiah prospered in every work that he started. He was not only a successful believer, but he was also a successful king and businessman. We often look to the world to find out

The Christian life is not as difficult as some would like to make it. God gives the believer seven simple traits they need to have to

Paul said that he heard some things about this church at Colosse that caught his attention. Let's face it, every church is trying to do something to catch the attention of their

Half of the battle that we fight is in our head. Those who succeed greatly in life often think differently from those who are average. Those who succeed greatly in life are those who believe what they are doing is great; those

One of the great challenges of any believer is to stay on top side every day. Every day has challenges and obstacles that try to knock us down, and if we are not careful, we will allow yesterday's problems to affect today’s

Paul asked a very critical question that every believer ought to consider. He asked, Have we not power…? Paul understood that we have soul liberty as a believer. As a believer, I have the right to do everything that

One of the secrets to Hezekiah's success was that he was a man of prayer. Nobody will ever be a success for God who does not make prayer an

When God commands us to be filled with something, that means we are to only have inside of us what God commands us to be filled with. To be filled means there is no room for anything else to be inside us. To be filled

Twice in Proverbs 15, we see God talks about the ear hearing reproof. In the verse above, God said that the ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. God says in the next verse, he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. You will notice that

Solomon said, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God. One reason God used Solomon was because he had a purpose. He not only

One of the great attributes of David's life is that he was a giant slayer. There is no doubt about the courage of David and his ability to face Goliath, the initial giant that he defeated. There are some characteristics of David that

Four words define why the church in the book of Acts grew tremendously. Those four words are, And they, continuing daily. Serving God was not just a one-day-a-week thing where they punched their clock to be in church, but